And Galápagos Islands (extension) (to add the Hermandad Marine Reserve (HMR))

A double for the Ascension (Voznesensky) Cathedral in Almaty, which is also part of 'The Anti-seismic Heritage of Almaty' TWHS

And one removed as well!
Starting the search....

It is Oban Hills (Nigeria) that has gone

+2 to 1805

Includes:
Montenegro: Extension to the existing World Heritage Property "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" 04/12/2025 (replacement of current TWHS Beech Forests)
Serbia: Extension to the existing World Heritage Property "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" 25/11/2025 (replacement of current TWHS Beech Forests)
Gashaka Gumti National Park 25/09/2025 (replacement of Gashaki-Gumpti National Park of 1995)

They must end up back to 1803. (oh, UNESCO is at 1805 now too..., maybe with an hour or so when they're done)

Got it:
- 3 Extensions to the existing World Heritage Property "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests" added (France, Serbia, Montenegro)
- 1 existing Beech forest TWHS from Montenegro removed. The other 2 are FTWHS coming alive again, except for some components.
- 1 from Nigeria (full replacement, was there earlier as well, I overlooked it because of the very similar name as the old one)

Palestinian Authority submits an updated tentative list of 14 nominations to UNESCO on January 1st.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/15/wary-of-israeli-appropriation-palestine-lists-14-sites-with-unesco

Update from Zimbabwe

Chimanimani National Park, Eland sanctuary, Rusitu and Haroni botanical reserves 19/12/2025
Gonarezhou National Park 19/12/2025
Mavhuradonha Wilderness 19/12/2025
Ziwa National Monument 19/12/2025 (renomination)

This one is labelled a Mixed nomination and has criterion vi mentioned, however the rationale is natural only as far as I can see (geology, fauna)
I have added it 'as is'

Updated list from Burkina Faso, with 2 replacements (net +4 to 1812)

L'art rupestre au Burkina Faso 05/01/2026
Forêt classée de la mare aux hippopotames 05/01/2026 (repl)
La Maison du peuple 05/01/2026
Les Mosquées du style soudanais au Burkina Faso 05/01/2026
Sya, centre historique de Bobo-Dioulasso 05/01/2026 (repl)
Le Village architectural de Koumi 05/01/2026

And another one
Serial Nomination of Buddhist Triangle Sites of Odisha 22/12/2025 (India)

maybe there will be more today considering the early hour

Another one (Italy):
Extension to the existing World Heritage Property "Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe" 16/01/2026
12 components

LOL

I just saw the other say <_<

Once you let a forest in, there's no way you will keep another 100 out... At least they should be a regional cluster between Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise :-D

And they still managed to cut 4 locations fro mthe Benedictine settlements...

I have one beech tree in my garden. If I nominate it today, will it still be accepted in 2027 with the others?

You need at least three to make a forest. Sorry.

However, the addition of the Faux de Verzy, where the world's largest concentration of twisted beech trees is found, estimated at around a thousand individuals, would, in my opinion, be a real added value.

Burundi: + 7
"Rwihinda, lac aux oiseaux" is extended and becomes "Les Lacs du Nord du Burundi"
One is split: Les chutes de la Karera et la faille de Nyakazu

Former: Le rugo traditionnel du Mugamba